by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jun 9, 2004 | Opinion
Generation Ñ among the Hispanic young serves as a counterpart to the Euro-American Generation X. Latino/as create their own space because little if any room exists for them within the dominant culture. What differentiates them from Generation Xers is their attempt to...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 10, 2004 | Opinion
According to Gen. Tommy Franks of the U.S. Central Command in Iraq, “We don’t do body counts.” But because God cares when even a sparrow falls, God counts bodies. If Jesus’ purpose for coming was to provide an abundant life (Jn 10:10), then...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 13, 2004 | Opinion
Two weeks ago Johnson Controls, following a trend all too common throughout the United States, announced it was shutting down its operations in my small town of Holland, Mich., and moving to Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, where they can employ workers for $80.77 a week. Why...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 1, 2004 | Opinion
Teaching Christianity is useless if it is restricted solely to the classroom. A relationship needs to develop between the disenfranchised and intellectuals aware of the structural crises people of color face. The danger facing scholars is that they can become...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 16, 2004 | Opinion
I recently watched Mel Gibson’s film “The Passion,” a powerful interpretation of the last hours of Jesus’ human life, which I’m sure will resonate with the dominant culture. Yet for some, the movie has become inerrant. It is true that the...
